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Ministry of Development of North-East Region
North Eastern Development Finance Corporation Ltd. - ‘Business cum Entrepreneurs' Meet organised by NEDFI at its Namchi and Gangtok Branch
In order to encourage people, mainly youngsters to go in for entering into entrepreneurship by starting up their own business and to generate employment for others, NEDFI organised Business cum Entrepreneurs Meet at its Branches [Namchi and Gangtok].
‘Business cum Entrepreneurs' Meet at Namchi Branch of NEDFI
The meet was attended by 30 potential and existing entrepreneurs from the Namchi&Jorethang Town. During the meet the participants were informed and deliberated upon the various loan schemes of NEDFi highlighting its low interest rate. They were also briefed about the documentation aspects and loan process of NEDFi along with various initiatives undertaken by NEDFi for development of the region. During the interactive sessionthe participants raised doubts,mainly on setting up & expansion of their existing businesses of home stays, trading activities and agri-allied activities, restaurant etc, and were resolved by the officials.
"Business cum Entrepreneurs' Meet” at NEDFIGangtok Branch
Attended by entrepreneurs based out of the East and North Districts of Sikkim. NEDFI officials explained in detail various schemes of NEDFI and the new reduced interest rate. The participants were also briefed on MOVCDNER to encourage organic produce processing units among FPO’s.This was followed by an interactive sessionby the Branch Manager with the participants on various loan related queries like securities, eligibility for loan, documents required, etc.To encourage the prospective clients, cheques issued to four existing units as part of their disbursement.
Ministry of Finance
PFRDA observes NPS Diwas on today with planned initiatives to increase awareness and pension coverage in India
Total NPS & APY subscribers reaches 460.79 lakh and total AUM Rs. 6,67,786 crore
Total no. of Non-Govt NPS subscribers is about 31 lakh and the AUM is above 1 lakh crore
The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority , along with all its registered intermediaries across the country, observed National Pension System Diwas  today. This campaign was dedicated towards ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ clelebrations and to encourage citizens to join NPS for achieving financial freedom upon retirement through pension as a regular income.
The Pension Regulator carried out a host of activities during the day-long event at its headquarters and was supported by the Point of Presence  by orgainising NPS awareness events at their offices and branches. As a mark of their contribution towards this eventful day, State Bank of India enabled NPS enrollments in their YONO Mobile App and Kotak Mahindra Bank likewise in their Mobile Banking App.
PFRDA Chairperson Shri Supratim Bandyopadhyay, speaking on the occasion, said: “We are very happy to announce the NPS Diwas. This NPS Diwas is coinciding with ‘The Day of Older Persons’. In the journey so far, NPS has seen a 60% jump in NPS onboarding in the first six months of this financial year and our returns  is more than 10% over a period of 12 years. The total corpus has grown to Rs. 6.67 trillion and the total number of subscribers is 4.60 crore as on 25th September, 2021.”
Delving into the details, he threw his insights spoke about the necessity of having a pension plan and how the NPS meets all requirements of a subscriber with its flexible architecture and advantages.
About PFRDA
Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority  is the statutory authority established by an enactment of the Parliament, to regulate, promote and ensure orderly growth of the National Pension System  and pension schemes to which this Act applies. NPS was initially notified for central government employees joining services wef 1st Jan 2004 and subsequently adopted by almost all State Governments for its employees. NPS was extended to all Indian citizens  on a voluntary basis and to corporates for its employees.
Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas
Global Crude oil price of Indian Basket was US$ 59.61 per bbl on 03.11.2017
The international crude oil price of Indian Basket as computed/published today by Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell  under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas was US$ 59.61 per barrel  on 03.11.2017. This was lower than the price of US$ 59.07 per bbl on previous publishing day of 02.11.2017.
In rupee terms, the price of Indian Basket increased to Rs. 3849.43 per bbl on 03.11.2017 as compared to Rs. 3815.80 per bbl on 02.11.2017. Rupee closed stronger at Rs. 64.58 per US$ on 03.11.2017 as compared to 64.59 per US$ on 02.11.2017. The table below gives details in this regard:
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Price on November 3, 2017 
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Crude Oil 
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59.61 
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3849.43 
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Exchange Rate
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64.58 
AD/SA Daily Crude Oil Price
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Ministry of Railways
Confirmation Prediction Tool for Wait-Listed Rail Tickets
A tool has been developed to predict the probability of waitlisted ticket getting confirmed at the time of booking as well as during Passenger Name Record  enquiry of waitlisted ticket. The tool has been developed using the algorithm of Machine learning. The machine learning model has been developed using the waitlisted PNR data of past 2 years. This model creates the pattern for the various waitlist scenarios and predicts the probability for the future date journey.
The salient features of the scheme are as under:-
 It predicts the probability of waitlist status for General Quota.
 The tool considers the high waitlist scenario of Holiday rush.
 It displays the trend of last waitlist ticket got confirmed for the same journey during previous year.
 Prediction of dynamic probability is based on current status.
Currently this feature is integrated with Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation  website only. In IRCTC website this feature is operational w.e.f. 13 June, 2018 as under:-
 When the user is doing the booking transaction, and if the status of accommodation availability of the input journey is waitlisted, then the user can check the probability of confirmation.
 At the time of PNR enquiry of waitlisted ticket, the user can check the probability of confirmation.
This facility is not available without login. Further, prediction is based on past trend analysis and gives fairly good probability of right waitlist prediction.
This information was given by the Minister of State of Railways, Shri Rajen Gohain in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Civil Aviation
Union Minister of Civil Aviation, Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia inaugurates direct flight between Amritsar and Gatwick Airport
The flight will commence its operation from today and will operate for three days a week.
This is the 3rd connectivity between Amritsar and England, and it will be operated by Air India.
Union Minister of Civil Aviation and Steel, Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia has inaugurated a direct flight between Amritsar and Gatwick today. The non-stop flight between Amritsar and Gatwick will be operated by Air India commencing from today, as per the following schedule:
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To
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Freq.
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Dep. Time 
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Arr. Time 
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AI169
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ATQ
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LGW
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Thrice a week
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1320
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1755
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AI170
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LGW
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ATQ
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Thrice a week
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2010
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0840+1
In his inaugural address, Minister of Civil Aviation and Steel, Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia said that this new international connectivity will work as a catalyst for the development of the region. It is an emotional subject also as lakhs of people of Punjab live in the UK and this new service will connect families living in two different countries.
Speaking on the infrastructure development at Amritsar Airport, Shri Scindia said that the Union Government under the leadership of PM Modi has assured the development of Amritsar Airport. The government has developed 13 parking aprons with an expenditure of Rs 50 crores, at the cost of Rs 100 crores, a parallel taxi-track has also been developed for easy movement of aircraft. A new integrated terminal has also been developed with an expenditure of Rs. 250 crores.
On connectivity Minister said that this is the 3rd connectivity between Amritsar and England and there are six international flights which are operational from Amritsar. By 2014 Amritsar was connected to only 6 cities, in 9 years under the leadership of PM Modi, it has increased to 21 cities, a jump of 250 per cent. Earlier the weekly traffic movement was 217 per week which has now increased to 416 per week, an increase of 87 per cent. Under the RCS UDAN scheme, with a budget of Rs. 145.35 crore, 20 routes have been operational in Punjab and 4 more routes are planned to commence in the near future. The government has signed an open sky offer with Canada wherein airline operators can operate unlimited flights between Indian cities and their Canadian counterparts. He mentioned that, he is hopeful that the state of Punjab and its people will benefit from this agreement.
The inauguration was graced by Shri Som Parkash MoS, Ministry of Commerce & Industry. Shri. S.K. Mishra Joint Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation Shri Malwinder Singh Jaggi Secretary Civil Aviation, Govt. of Punjab and CEO-Air India Shri Campbell Wilson, was present.
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Swimming Fraternity welcomes resumption of Olympic training with sport-specific SOP issued by Sports Ministry
The Indian swimming fraternity has welcomed the decision to reopen swimming pools across the country. On Friday, the Sports Ministry issued the Standard Operating Procedures  outlining use of swimming pools for competitive swimmers. In its order dated September 30, the Union Home Ministry allowed for the reopening of swimming pools except for those in containment zones.
Virdhawal Khade one of 6 Indian swimmers who has achieved the Olympic qualification B mark and who participated in the 2008 Olympics is very happy about the decision saying, “It is an excellent decision . I am glad the swimmers will get a chance to get back to full form and race again soon . I hope the State Governments take decision to fully support the Decision taken by the Centre at the soonest and 100% of the competitive swimmers can start training again.”
In August SAI had sanctioned a two-month training camp in Dubai, attended by swimmers Srihari Nataraj and Kushagra Rawat, both of whom have achieved the B Qualification mark. As also Sajan Prakash. Though he had trained in Dubai, Nataraj is happy to be training in India once again, “I'm very glad that swimming pools are opening up in India, being able to train by staying at home does make me a feel a lot better especially due to the fact I have my entire support staff available and the schedule can be designed for maximum efficiency.”
Despite the delays brought upon by the Covid-19 pandemic, a postponed Olympics may just help Indian swimmers and Dronacharya awardee coach Nihar Ameen has said the resumption of training is a positive step in this regard, “I am absolutely overjoyed with the news that our swimmers are allowed to resume their training. All our swimmers have suffered a setback due to the Pandemic and the rescheduling of the Olympics will surely help our swimmers get back to form. I am very optimistic that our Olympic B qualifiers will work very hard to attain the A qualifying time and all our swimmers across the country are very enthusiastic about resuming their training.”
The Swimming Federation of India too has welcomed the decision and the SOPs created for the resumption of swimming, Secretary General Monal Chokshi said, “We are very happy that the government has permitted the resumption of competitive swimming. The SOP document of MYAS is a comprehensive and well conceived document. It shall be our priority to propagate the need to follow these guidelines for our athletes safety.”
Prime Minister's Office
It’s an honour to work for the great state of Arunachal Pradesh and help it realise it’s true potential: PM
PM responds to people’s reaction to development works on Arunachal
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has responded to people on twitter for their appreciation of the development initiatives launched by him yesterday. The Prime Minister inaugurated Donyi Polo Airport, Itanagar and dedicated 600 MW Kameng Hydro Power Station yesterday.
To a comment about the massive rise in air connectivity in the Northeast, the Prime Minister said
“Yes it’s a massive change as far as connectivity in the Northeast goes. It enables more tourists to visit and allows people from the Northeast to easily travel to other parts.”
When a citizen highlighted the Prime Minister’s commitment for the development of the state, Shri Modi responded
“The people of Arunachal Pradesh are exceptional. They are unwavering in their spirit of patriotism. It’s an honour to work for this great state and help it realise it’s true potential.”
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Prime Minister's Office
PM reviews Covid related initiatives by the Indian Navy
Naval Hospitals being opened for use of civilians in various cities
Navy is boosting oxygen availability in Lakshadweep and Andaman & Nicobar islands.
Navy transporting Oxygen Containers as well as other supplies from abroad to India
Medical personnel in the Navy have been redeployed at various locations in the country to manage Covid duties
Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Karambir Singh called on PM Modi today.
He briefed the PM about various initiatives being taken by the Indian Navy to assist the countrymen during the pandemic. He informed the PM that the Indian Navy has reached out to all state administrations and have offered help in terms of hospital beds, transportation and conduct of vaccination drives. He apprised the PM about beds being earmarked in various Naval hospitals for use of civilians in various cities.
He also informed the PM that medical personnel in the Navy have been redeployed at various hospitals in the country to manage Covid duties. Naval Personnel are being provided Battle Field Nursing Assistant Training to augment medical personnel deployed in Covid hospitals.
Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Karambir Singh briefed the PM that the Navy is helping increase oxygen availability and replenish COVID related supplies in Lakshadweep as well as Andaman & Nicobar islands.
He also apprised PM that the Indian Navy is transporting Oxygen Containers as well as other supplies from Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait & Singapore to India.
Prime Minister's Office
PM to hold ‘Svanidhi Samvaad’ with street vendors from Madhya Pradesh on 9th September
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will hold ‘Svanidhi Samvaad’ with street vendors from Madhya Pradesh on 9th September, 2020.
The Government of India had launched PM SVANidhi scheme on 1st June, 2020 to help poor street vendors, impacted by COVID-19, resume livelihood activities.
4.5 lakh street vendors were registered in Madhya Pradesh, with more than 4 lakh vendors having been given identification and vendor certification. The applications of 2.45 lakh eligible beneficiaries have been presented through the portal to Banks, out of which acceptance has been granted to around 1.4 lakh street vendors of amount worth Rs 140 crore. The state of Madhya Pradesh stands first in the number of total applications accepted, with 47% of these coming from the state alone.
Arrangements for beneficiaries of the scheme in the state to watch the program in public places have been made through LED screens in 378 municipal bodies.
The program will be telecast through webcast, for which pre-registration is being done on MyGov’s link https://pmevents.ncog.gov.in/
The Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Shri Shivraj Singh Chauhan, will also participate in the program through video conferencing.
Prime Minister will also interact with 3 beneficiaries from the state by connecting virtually with them from their vending locations.
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Additional Advisory for Novel Coronavirus Disease 
- No scheduled international commercial passenger aircraft shall be allowed to land in India from March 22, 2020 for one week.
- State Governments shall issue appropriate directions so that all citizens above 65  except for public representatives/govt. servants/medical professionals are advised to remain at home.
- Similarly, all children below 10 should be advised to stay at home and not to venture out.
- Railways and civil aviation shall suspend all concessional travel except for students, patients and divyang category.
- States are being requested to enforce work for home for pvt. Sector employees except those working in emergency/essential services.
- To reduce crowding all Group B and C Central govt. employees will be asked to attend offices on alternate week and staggered timings for all employees.
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Ministry of Defence
RM appreciates National Level Open Challenge Competition "Solution to Problem: DefExpo 2018" Winners
Raksha Mantri Smt Nirmala Sitharaman today gave away prizes for National Level Open Challenge Competition "Solution to Problem: DefExpo 2018" during DefExpo India 2018 at Thiruvidanthai, Kancheepuram district on the East Coast Road near Chennai.
Raksha Mantri said that much more than anything else in the DefExpo this was the most interesting aspect. She appreciated the students for their contributions for the betterment in the field of science and technology in general and defence technology in particular and mentioned that she was seeing better future for the country as most of these young minds have come up with such ingenious solutions in spite of tied up with the academic schedules.
Smt Sitharaman encouraged the winners to keep up the good work and said Ministry of Defence would be always looking forward to engaging such brilliant minds in future as well.
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Ministry of Defence
Indian Air Force & Indian Navy working on war footing in fight against second COVID-19 wave
Indian Air Force  and Indian Navy  are working tirelessly to provide logistic support to shore up medical supplies to tackle the current Covid-19situation. As on early hours of May 10, 2021, the IAF aircraft carried out 534 sorties from various parts of the country, airlifting 336 oxygen containers of total capacity of 6,420 Metric Tonnes  and other medical supplies and equipment.The cities covered are Jamnagar, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Panagarh, Indore, Ranchi, Agra, Jodhpur, Begumpet, Bhubaneshwar, Pune, Surat, Raipur, Udaipur, Mumbai, Lucknow, Nagpur, Gwalior, Vijayawada, Baroda, Dimapur and Hindan.
The IAF aircraft also carried out 84 international sorties, airlifting 81 cryogenic oxygen storage containers of total capacity of 1,407 MT along with 1,252 empty oxygen cylinders, 705 oxygen concentrators and Zeolite . The equipment has been procured from Singapore, Dubai, Thailand, United Kingdom, Germany, Belgium, Australia, Indonesia and Israel.
As part of operation ‘Samudra Setu II’, Indian Naval Ships INS Airavat, INS Trikandand INS Kolkata arrived back home with critical COVID-19 medical stores from friendly foreign countries on May 10, 2021. Ins Talwar had arrived on May 05, 2021. The details are as follows:-
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Ship
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Medical Supplies
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Country/Port
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Arrival
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INS Airavat
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Cryogenic oxygen tanks – 08
Oxygen cylinders –3,898
Other critical COVID-19 medical stores
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Singapore
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Visakhapatnam on May 10, 2021
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INS Trikand
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40 MT Liquid Oxygen

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Doha, Qatar
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Mumbai on May 10, 2021
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INS Kolkata
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Oxygen Cylinders – 400
27-MT Liquid Medical Oxygen Containers – 02
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Doha, Qatar
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Kuwait
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New Mangalore Port on May 10, 2021
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INS Talwar
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27-MT oxygen containers – 02
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Bahrain
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New Mangalore Port on May 05, 2021
INS Kochi, INS Tabar, INS Jalashwa and INS Shardulare expected to arrive home soon with critical COVID-19 medical stores, including oxygen tankers and cylinders, from friendly foreign countries.
ABB/Nampi/KA/DK/Savvy/ADA
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Ministry of Finance
Exchange Rate Notification No.46/2021 - Customs 
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962 , and in supersession of the Notification No.43/2021-Customs, dated 15th April, 2021 except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs hereby determines that the rate of exchange of conversion of each of the foreign currencies specified in column  of each of Schedule I and Schedule II annexed hereto, into Indian currency or vice versa, shall, with effect from 7thMay, 2021, be the rate mentioned against it in the corresponding entry in column  thereof, for the purpose of the said section, relating to imported and export goods.
SCHEDULE-I
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Foreign Currency
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Rate of exchange of one unit of foreign currency equivalent to Indian rupees
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1.
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Australian Dollar
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58.35
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55.95
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2.
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Bahraini Dinar
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202.35
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189.95
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3.
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Canadian Dollar
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61.30
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59.10
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4.
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Chinese Yuan
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11.60
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11.25
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5.
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Danish Kroner
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12.15
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11.70
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6.
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EURO
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90.25
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87.10
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7.
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Hong Kong Dollar
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9.70
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9.35
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8.
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Kuwaiti Dinar
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253.30
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237.30
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9.
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New Zealand Dollar
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54.55
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52.20
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10.
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Norwegian Kroner
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9.00
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8.70
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11.
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Pound Sterling
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104.45
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100.95
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12.
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Qatari Riyal
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20.95
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19.65
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13.
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Saudi Arabian Riyal
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20.35
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19.10
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14.
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Singapore Dollar
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56.20
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54.35
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15.
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South African Rand
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5.30
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4.95
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16.
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Swedish Kroner
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8.85
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8.55
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17.
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Swiss Franc
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82.45
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79.20
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18.
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Turkish Lira
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9.15
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8.60
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19.
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UAE Dirham
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20.75
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19.50
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20.
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US Dollar
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74.75
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73.05
SCHEDULE-II
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Foreign Currency
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Rate of exchange of 100 units of foreign currency equivalent to Indian rupees
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Japanese Yen
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68.85
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66.30
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Korean Won
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6.80
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6.35
AYUSH
Cabinet approves MoU between India and Gambia on Cooperation in the Field of Traditional Systems of Medicine
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given ex-post facto approval to the Memorandum of Understanding  between India and Gambia in the Field of Traditional Systems of Medicine. The MoU was signed in Gambia on 31st July 2019 during the visit of the President Shri Ram Nath Kovind.
The MoU will provide a framework for cooperation between India and Gambia for the promotion of traditional systems of medicine and will mutually benefit the two countries in this field. Activities mentioned in the MoU will boost the importance of AYUSH Systems of Medicine in Gambia.
As a consequence of the MoU, exchange of experts for training of the practitioners, and Scientists undertaking collaborative research in Traditional Systems of Medicine are expected to lead to new innovations in drug development and practice of Traditional Medicine.
Ministry of Micro,Small & Medium Enterprises
Success Story: NSIC’s Training Programme makes Sujata Self Reliant
Ms. Sujata hails from Mandi, Himachal Pradesh . Under MSME’s NSIC, she got trained in fashion designing for 1 year and learnt cutting, tailoring and all other sewing techniques.
After this training she opened her own boutique named Shalu Boutique and started earning 10,000 per month.
She says, “I completed my fashion designing course from NSIC training centre which benefitted me a lot. NSIC training centre had well equiped sewing facilities which helped me work well. I am able to sew all kinds of designer suits now. I make 10,000 per month and am very greatful to NSIC for making me self dependent.”